<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;To<n id="1" /> the angel of the church in Philadelphia write the following:<n id="2" />p> <p class="bodytext">&#8220;This is the solemn pronouncement of<n id="3" /> the Holy One, the True One, who holds the key of David, who opens doors<n id="4" /> no one can shut, and shuts doors<n id="5" /> no one can open:

So<n id="1" /> I began weeping bitterly<n id="2" /> because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or to look into it.

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> when the Lamb<n id="2" /> opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, &#8220;Come!&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> when the Lamb opened the fourth seal I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, &#8220;Come!&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> when the Lamb<n id="2" /> opened the seventh seal there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

<p class="bodytext">After<n id="1" /> these things I looked, and the temple (the tent<n id="2" /> of the testimony)<n id="3" /> was opened in heaven,

And I saw a powerful angel proclaiming in a loud voice: &#8220;Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals?&#8221;

But<n id="1" /> no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look into it.

So<n id="1" /> the beast<n id="2" /> opened his mouth to blaspheme against God &#8211; to blaspheme both his name and his dwelling place,<n id="3" /> that is, those who dwell in heaven.

And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. Then<n id="1" /> books were opened, and another book was opened &#8211; the book of life.<n id="2" /> So<n id="3" /> the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds.<n id="4" />

Listen!<n id="1" /> I am standing at the door and knocking! If anyone hears my voice and opens the door I will come into his home<n id="2" /> and share a meal with him, and he with me.

Then<n id="1" /> one of the elders said<n id="2" /> to me, &#8220;Stop weeping!<n id="3" /> Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered;<n id="4" /> thus he can open<n id="5" /> the scroll and its seven seals.&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">I looked on when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a thunderous voice,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Come!&#8221;<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> when the Lamb opened the third seal I heard the third living creature saying, &#8220;Come!&#8221; So<n id="2" /> I looked,<n id="3" /> and here came<n id="4" /> a black horse! The<n id="5" /> one who rode it<n id="6" /> had a balance scale<n id="7" /> in his hand.

<p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been violently killed<n id="2" /> because of the word of God and because of the testimony they had given.

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> I looked when the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and a huge<n id="2" /> earthquake took place; the sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair,<n id="3" /> and the full moon became blood red;<n id="4" />

He<n id="1" /> opened the shaft of the abyss and smoke rose out of it<n id="2" /> like smoke from a giant furnace. The<n id="3" /> sun and the air were darkened with smoke from the shaft.

He held<n id="1" /> in his hand a little scroll that was open, and he put his right foot on the sea and his left on the land.

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> the temple of God in heaven was opened and the ark of his covenant was visible within his temple. And there were flashes of lightning, roaring,<n id="2" /> crashes of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.<n id="3" />p>

but<n id="1" /> the earth came to her rescue;<n id="2" /> the ground opened up<n id="3" /> and swallowed the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth.